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Page 1: Goodman Sustainability Group Recommended Reading List · 2020-04-23 · Goodman Sustainability Group Recommended Reading List. Forbes . Overview . Boston Consulting Group . Goodman
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CONTENTS OVERVIEW

Section

1. Corporate Sustainability & Social Purpose: News & Current Affairs……………………….. 13-26

2. ESG Political Developments……………………………………………………………………. 27-28

Canada………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27

USA……………………………………………………………………………………………… 27-28

3. “Social Purpose”: Research Insights & Business Analysis………………………………….. 29-38

4. Global Pandemic: Leadership in a Crisis…………...…………………………………………. 39-41

5. Global Regulatory Initiatives……………………………………………………………………. 42-47

Europe………………………………………………………………………………………….. 42-43

Canada…………………………………………………………………………………………. 43-44

United Nations…………………………………………………………………………………. 44-45

International Organizations…………………………………………………………………… 45-47

6. Environment: Climate Change & Business Risk……………………………………………… 48-50

7. ESG: Ratings & Measurement…………………………………………………………………. 51-52

8. Benefit Corporations…………………………………………………………………………….. 53

9. Board Risk Management………………………………………………………………………... 54-55

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1. CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL PURPOSE: News & Current Affairs

Business Roundtable… 13

CNN… 13

tvo… 13

CBC… 13

CNBC… 13

National Post… 13

The Washington Post… 14

The Wall Street Journal… 15

BlackRock… 15

Financial Review… 16

Telus… 16

McKinsey & Company… 16

Fortune… 16

RBC… 16

Barron’s… 16

Bloomberg… 17

Harvard Business Review… 17

Forbes… 19

TechCrunch… 21

Triple Pundit… 21

Entrepreneur… 22

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Marketing Dive… 22

The Economist… 22

Financial Times… 23

The Globe and Mail… 23

Medium… 24

Newsweek… 24

Gallup… 24

Newsweek… 24

AdvisorAnalyst.com… 24

Financial Post… 24

The New York Times… 25

The Guardian… 25

PR Week… 25

Strategy + Business… 25

The Conversation Canada… 26

Chief Investment Officer… 26

The Holmes Report… 26

Business Wire… 26

BCBusiness… 26

2. ESG: Political Developments

CANADA

CBC… 27

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National Post… 27

Leap… 27

The Star… 27

USA

Vox… 27

Boston.com… 28

Brookings… 28

CBC… 28

Forbes… 28

The Wall Street Journal… 28

CATO Institute… 28

Elizabeth Warren… 28

The New York Times… 28

The Washington Post… 28

3. “SOCIAL PURPOSE”: Research, Insights & Business Analysis

The Boston Consulting Group… 29

INSEAD… 30

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship… 31

Edelman… 31

BSR… 32

FSG… 32

Deloitte… 33

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PWC… 34

Accenture… 34

Ontario Chamber of Commerce… 34

McKinsey & Company… 34

Kantor… 35

Ernst & Young… 35

KPMG… 35

Bank of Montreal… 35

GlobeScan… 35

Just Capital… 35

IMD… 36

Imagine Canada… 36

The Conference Board of Canada… 36

Association of Corporate Citizenship Professions… 36

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures… 36

Journal of Cleaner Production… 36

Mallen Baker… 37

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change… 37

Ryerson University – CSR Institute… 37

Rotman School of Management… 37

London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics… 37

Network for Business Sustainability… 37

RAND Corporation… 37

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NYU Stern – Centre for Sustainable Business… 38

Ivey Business School… 38

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility… 38

Futurpreneur Canada… 38

Bloomberg… 38

ERM… 38

United Way… 38

Lawson Lundell LLP… 38

Cone Communications… 38

4. GLOBAL PANDEMIC: LEADERSHIP IN A CRISIS

e27… 39

Forbes… 39

The Economist… 39

Business 2 Community… 40

Chief Sustainability Officer… 40

National Post… 40

The Globe and Mail… 40

The New York Times… 40

The Star… 40

S&P Global Intelligence… 40

Ethical Corporation… 40

Reuters… 40

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Fleishman Hillard High Road… 41

BlackRock… 41

Triple Pundit… 41

The Wall Street Journal… 41

The Guardian… 41

Just Capital.. 41

Global News… 41

CTV News… 41

Cision… 41

CNBC… 41

4. GLOBAL REGULATORY INITIATIVES

EUROPE

European Commission & EU Funded Research… 42

CSR Europe… 42

UK Government… 43

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)… 43

Steenstrup Stordrange… 43

CANADA

Government of Canada… 43

UNITED NATIONS

UN Global Compact… 44

United Nations Human Rights… 44

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United Nations Development Programme… 44

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

G7 – 2018 Summit… 45

G20 – 2017 Summit… 45

International Monetary Fund… 46

International Labour Organization… 46

ISO Framework and Guidance Documents… 46

World Economic Forum… 46

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises… 47

International Institute for Sustainable Development… 47

5. ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change & Business Risk

CNN… 48

Triple Pundit… 48

The Economist… 48

The Intercept… 48

The Washington Post… 48

The Guardian…. 48

The Globe & Mail… 49

Scientific American… 49

Canada’s National Observer… 49

Barron’s… 49

BlackRock… 49

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EY… 50

State Street Global Advisors… 50

Morgan Stanely… 50

Harvard Business Review… 50

Boston Consulting Group… 50

Canadian Scholars… 50

6. ESG: Ratings & Measurement

Triple Pundit… 51

The Globe & Mail… 51

Harvard Business Review… 51

McKinsey & Company… 51

Medium… 51

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation…

51

ICR… 52

International Institute for Sustainable Development… 52

Principles for Responsible Investment… 52

MDPI… 52

Novethic… 52

Financial Times… 52

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board… 52

Responsible-investor.com… 52

Fortune… 52

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Diligent Insights… 52

7. Benefit Corporations

Miller Thomson… 53

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia… 53

The Globe and Mail… 53

B Lab… 53

Conscious Company… 53

Benefit Corporation… 53

Andrew Weaver, MLA… 53

Triple Pundit… 53

Lawson Lundell LLP… 53

7. Board Risk Management

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation… 54

Deloitte… 54

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada… 54

Grant Thornton… 54

PwC… 54

Maclean’s Magazine… 54

Nous Group… 54

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance… 54

Journal of Public Money & Management… 55

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Harvard Business Review… 55

McKinsey & Company… 55

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1. CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: News & Current Affairs

Organization Article Topic Date

Business Roundtable Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation Social Purpose

19/Aug/19

Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation to Promote ‘An Economy That Serves All Americans’

Social Purpose

19/Aug/19

CNN A single grievance sent protesters to the streets, but wider discontent has kept them there

Context 24/Oct/19

The End of Shareholder Primacy? The Agenda with Steve Paikin Social Purpose 19/Sep/19

tvo U.S. corporate leaders swing left to fix ‘frayed’ American dream: Don Pittis

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

CBC Davos elite back corporate social responsibility, but ‘their words are bigger than their actions’

Social Purpose 18/Jan/20

CNBC Fortune CEO Alan Murray discusses the shift behind the new definition of a corporation

Social Purpose 19/Aug/19

Marni Soupcoff: Let’s Talk – about that terrible master’s thesis slamming Bell’s good deeds

Social Purpose 31/Jan/20

National Post The rising cost of ‘social licence’? Liberals give away $40M stake in coal terminal to two First Nations

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

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A can’t-miss opportunity to make corporations more pro-consumer, A reversal by the Business Roundtable signals that now is the moment to rethink how corporations interact with employees, consumers, communities and the environment.

Social Purpose 11/Sep/19

The Washington Post Social responsibility won’t save corporate America Social Purpose 21/Aug/19

U.S. business leaders have taken a step to finally renew American social compact

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

Don’t trust CEOs who say they don’t care about shareholder value anymore

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

Corporate panic about capitalism could be a turning point Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

It’s hard to argue against firms looking beyond investors. But let me try.

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations.

Social Purpose 19/Aug/19

Employees Speak Out – Against Their CEOs Social Purpose 1/Feb/20

The Wall Street Journal

Capitalism Draws Fire, Despite Strong Global Economy Social Purpose 19/Jan/20

Larry Fink’s Latest Sermon Social Purpose 17/Jan/20

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CEOs, Tech Giants Feel the Heat of the 2020 Campaign Social Purpose 11/Dec/19

Bonfire of the Philanthropists: BlackRock’s liberal CEO faces political furies he hoped to keep at bay.

Social Purpose 24/Oct/19

Social-Justice Warriors Won’t Listen, but You Should Social Purpose 11/Oct/19

CEOs for President Warren Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

Notable & Quotable: Milton Friedman on Corporate Responsibility

Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

Milton Friedman on CEOs Social Purpose 20/Aug/19

The ‘Stakeholder’ CEOs: Executives who abandon shareholders won’t appease the socialists.

Social Purpose 19/Aug/19

Big Business and its ‘Stakeholders’: Most of the Business Roundtable commits to “deliver value” to people who don’t own any shares

Social Purpose 19/Aug/19

Consumers Believe Brands Can Help Solve Societal Ills Social Purpose 2/Oct/18

Larry Fink’s 2020 Letter to CEOs: A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance

Social Purpose 2020

BlackRock Larry Fink’s 2019 Letter to CEOs: Purpose & Profit Social Purpose 2019

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Larry Fink’s 2018 Letter to CEOs: A Sense of Purpose Social Purpose 2018

CEO activism: The risks and rewards of speaking out Social Purpose 12/Jan/18

Financial Review Telus Social Purpose Initiatives Social Purpose 2019

Telus CEO Letter to Investors: Good Business and Doing Good are Mutually Inclusive

Social Purpose 2018

Davos 2020: What Mattered Social Purpose 27/Jan/20

McKinsey & Company 25 ideas that will shape the 2020s Social Purpose 19/Dec/19

Fortune Purpose Leads to Performance Social Purpose 22/Nov/19

The Future of Capitalism Social Purpose 22/Oct/19

America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation Social Purpose 19/Aug/19

Davos 2020: The race for global scale Context 26/Jan/20

RBC Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Other CEOS Are Suddenly Roasting Each Other. I Want In.

Social Purpose 15/Apr/19

Barron’s How the World’s Largest Pension Manager Is Trying to Make ESG Investing More Popular

ESG 12/Apr/19

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Trump Is Pushing for a Review of How Pensions Use ESG Metrics

ESG 12/Apr/19

Why Mission Drift Can Sometimes Be a Good Thing Social Purpose 12/Apr/19

The Trouble with Corporate Social Responsibility Reports CSR 13/Feb/19

A Better Approach to ESG? ESG 16/Nov/18

“Ethical” Funds Hang in There During Market Jitters ESG 9/Nov/18

Larry Fink Eyes ESG Legacy Social Purpose 25/Jun/18

BlackRock’s Larry Fink: The New Conscience of Wall Street? Social Purpose 23/Jun/18

The Value of Virtue Social Purpose 23/Jun/18

Move Over Millennials, It’s Gen Z’s Turn to Kill Industries Social Purpose 7/Aug/18

Bloomberg Why Are We Here? Social Purpose Nov-Dec/19

Harvard Business Review

Put Purpose at the Core of Your Strategy Social Purpose Sep-Oct/19

Is the Business Roundtable Statement Just Empty Rhetoric? Social Purpose 30/Aug/2019

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Business as Usual Will Not save the Planet CSR 12/Jun/19

How Board Members Really Feel About ESG, from Deniers to True Believers

ESG 19/Apr/19

The Investor Revolution ESG May-Jun 2019

The Dual-Purpose Playbook Social Purpose Mar-Apr 2019

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

Social Purpose 7/Mar/19

To Get Companies to Take Action on Social Issues, Emphasize Morals, Not the Business Case

Social Purpose 14/Feb/19

The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility

Social Purpose 31/Jan/19

The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over Social Purpose 22/Jan/19

The State of Socially Responsible Investing CSR 17/Jan/19

How CSR Managers Can Inspire Other Leaders to Act on Sustainability

CSR 10/Jan/19

Corporate Sustainability Report: An Innovative Tool for the Greater Good of All

CSR 15/Nov/18

Managing 21st-Century Political Risk Social Purpose May-Jun/18

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The New World of Risk Social Purpose May-Jun/18

The Right Way for Companies to Publicize Their Social Responsibility Efforts

Social Purpose 2/Apr/18

How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line Social Purpose 13/Oct/17

Competing on Social Purpose Social Purpose Sep – Oct/17

The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability Social Purpose 21/Oct/16

The Ecosystem of Shared Value Social Purpose Oct/16

The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

ESG 14/Apr/15

Creating Shared Value CSR Jan-Feb/11

Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR Dec/06

The Virtue Matrix: Calculating the Return on Corporate Responsibility

CSR Mar/02

Forbes Are You Leveraging Connection And Progress To Become A Go-To-Brand Like Amazon, Harley-Davidson And Southwest?

Social Purpose 11/Mar/20

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The Power of Purpose: The Business Case For Purpose (All The Data You Were Looking For Pt 1)

Social Purpose 7/Mar/20

The Power of Purpose: The Business Case For Purpose (All The Data You Were Looking For Pt 2)

Social Purpose 7/Mar/20

Purpose At Work: Why BlackRock’s CEO’s Letter Is A Wake-Up Call to All Brands

Social Purpose 17/Jan/20

Corporate Social Responsibility, Purpose Brands and Gen-Z Social Purpose 13/Mar/19

The Power of Purpose: The 7 Elements Of A Great Purpose Statement (Part 1)

Social Purpose 18/Feb/20

The Power of Purpose: The 7 Elements Of A Great Purpose Statement (Part 2)

Social Purpose 18/Feb/20

How To Make Your Corporate Social Responsibility Come From Within

Social Purpose 4/Feb/19

Purpose At Work: The Path To Purposeful Profit with Timberland Sustainability Director, Colleen Vien

Social Purpose 22/Jan/19

Corporate Responsibility: What to Expect In 2019 Social Purpose 14/Jan/19

Corporate Responsibility: What To Expect in 2020 Social Purpose 9/Jan/20

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5 Corporate Social Responsibility Trends For Leaders To Watch In 2019

Social Purpose 3/Jan/19

The World’s Most Reputable Companies For Corporate Responsibility 2018

Social Purpose 11/Oct/18

The Remarkable Rise Of ESG ESG 11/Jul/18

New Research Encourages Brands to Weigh In On The Big Social Issues

Social Purpose 6/Jun/18

Is A Social Cause A Necessity For A Brand? Social Purpose 25/May/18

Stop Confusing CSR With Purpose

Social Purpose 18/Nov/17

Defining the Social Purpose of Business

Social Purpose 14/May/12

Business as the Greatest Platform for Change with Marc Benioff (Salesforce)

Social Purpose 3/Oct/19

TechCrunch It’s the End of CSR as We Know It, and I Feel Fine Social Purpose 20/Jan/20

Triple Pundit Discover the New Purpose of Business: Social Responsibility Social Purpose 16/Jan 20

Who Are the Millennials Driving Sustainable Growth? Social Purpose 16/Jan/20

How Brands Communicated Purpose in 2019 Social Purpose 01/Jan/20

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CVS Quite Cigarettes to Americans Would Too – And It Worked Social Purpose 28/May/19

Follow the Money: Sustainability Goes Mainstream ESG 23/Jan/19

If 2018 Was the Year of ESG investing, What will 2019 Bring? ESG 11/Jan/19

Millenials and Generation Z are Poised to Shake Up the Investment World, Study Finds

Social Purpose 13/Nov/18

Brand Activism: Turning Your Purpose Into Action Social Purpose 8/Mar/19

Entrepreneur Nonprofits and consumer brands borrow from each other’s playbook to engage millennials

Social Purpose 3/Mar/20

Marketing Dive 87% of retailers say taking a stand on social issues is worth the risk, survey finds

Social Purpose 28/Jan/19

Forrester: CMOs will use societal controversy to spark consumer energy in 2019

Social Purpose 6/Nov/18

Climate change has made ESG a force in investing ESG 5/Dec/19

The Economist What companies are for Social Purpose 22/Aug/19

Big business is beginning to accept broader social responsibilities

Social Purpose 22/Aug/19

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Sustainability: Moving the conversation forward CSR/ESG 30/Dec/18

Working for a purpose: An academic calls for an overhaul of the conventional company

Social Purpose 29/Nov/18

Does ethical investment withhold capital from those that most need it?

ESG 27/Oct/18

The EU wants to make finance more environmentally friendly ESG 22/Mar/18

Sustainable investment joins the mainstream ESG 25/Nov/17

Britain risks losing its edge on stewardship ESG 12/May/19

Financial Times ‘Green’ funds can fall short of buyers’ expectations ESG 12/May/19

Impact investors fail to measure negative outcomes ESG 12/May/19

ESG is more than ‘good karma’ and analysis can help pick a winner

ESG 28/Feb/19

It’s time to rethink the social contract for our rapidly changing world

Social Purpose 16/Feb/20

The Globe and Mail Daniels partners with charity to create assisted-living apartment in Regent Park

Social Purpose 10/Dec/19

Editor’s note: True excellence in Canada’s corporate leaders Social Purpose 29/Nov/19

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In the age of Greta, Big Oil blew it by not becoming Big Energy Context 11/Oct/19

Canada’s unprecedented trust gap: Who will build the bridge for a country divided?

Social Purpose 14/Feb/19

Canadians want CEOs to step up. Will they? Social Purpose 14/Feb/19

When philanthropy’s part of the business model, marketing takes care of itself

Social Purpose 11/May/18

The Benefit Corporation should become a legitimate business model

CSR 30/Oct/17

Agencies of Change: Finding Common Ground for Purpose and Profit

Social Purpose 29/Jan/19

Medium Common purpose: how organizations bring value to society Social Purpose 13/Apr/18

Business Have Been Practicing Social Responsibility For Decades, But Is That Really A Good Thing?

CSR 27/Nov/19

Newsweek Employee Engagement on the Rise in the U.S. Social Purpose 26/Aug/18

Gallup Som Seif: What’s in it for investors to invest in ESG/Responsible Funds?

ESG 6/Nov/18

AdvisorAnalyst.com The inconvenient truth about responsible investing: An FP investigation

ESG 25/Nov/19

Financial Post Terence Corcoran: Is corporate social responsibility killing Alberta oil?

CSR 14/Nov/18

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Davos Has a Credibility Problem Context 21/Jan/20

The New York Times Marc Benioff: We Need a New Capitalism Social Purpose 14/Oct/19

Amazon Investors Reject Proposals on Climate Change and Facial Recognition

CSR 22/May/19

World’s Biggest Investor Tells C.E.O.s Purpose Is the ‘Animating Force’ for Profits

Social Purpose 17/Jan/19

Larry Fink: Social Responsibility Push Is Not a Fad Social Purpose 1/Nov/18

Howard Schultz, Starbucks and a History of Corporate Responsibility

Social Purpose 15/Nov/17

How some very brave Amazon workers are pushing Jeff Bezos out of his comfort zone

Social Purpose 29/Feb/20

The Star Is your employer doing well by doing good? How to assess your company’s commitment to making a profit with purpose in mind

Social Purpose 4/Jan/20

EU to force large companies to report on environmental and social impacts

CSR 28/Feb/18

The Guardian ‘Communications and social purpose is mission-critical for organisations – Edelman’s Michelle Hutton

Social Purpose 17/Mar/19

PR Week A crisis of legitimacy Social Purpose 5/Jun/19

Strategy + Business Common Purpose: Realigning Business, Economies, and Society

Social Purpose 25/May/17

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It’s time to train accountants in sustainability ESG 16/Sep/18

The Conversation Canada

GPIF’s Mizuno Makes Bold AI, ESG Predictions ESG 18/Dec/17

Chief Investment Officer

2019 Trust Barometer: Employers Emerge As Most Trusted Institution

Social Purpose 21/Jan/19

The Holmes Report New Research: SDG Targets & GRI Indicators Materiality in ESG / Sustainability Reporting Released by G&A Institute

ESG 12/Dec/18

Business Wire How Social Purpose Makes Good Business Sense Social Purpose -

BCBusiness The disruptors: How B Corp’s founders took purposeful business to the next level

CSR 14/Dec/18

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2. ESG: Political Developments

Organization Article Topic Date

CANADA

CBC Big election winner? The carbon tax ESG 22/Oct/19

National Post Significant number of NDP, Green partisans want the carbon tax killed too

ESG 18/Oct/19

Leap The Leap Manifesto Social Purpose -

The Star Jagmeet Singh’s call for fossil fuels ban leapfrogs the Leap Manifesto

Social Purpose 14/May/19

USA

Vox The new face of climate activism is young, angry – and effective Social Purpose 17/Sep/19

The Green New Deal, explained Social Purpose 30/Mar/19

Bernie Sanders’s most socialist idea yet, explained Social Purpose 29/May/19

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism Social Purpose 15/Aug/18

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Boston.com Elizabeth Warren wants to make capitalism great again Social Purpose 16/Aug/18

Brookings Sen. Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act rightfully challenges a central tenet of governance theory

Social Purpose 20/Aug/18

CBC What is the Green New Deal – and why do Americans seem so obsessed with it?

Social Purpose 5/Mar/19

Forbes Senator Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Bill Has Big Problems

Social Purpose 5/Feb/19

Wall Street Journal Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders

Social Purpose 14/Aug/18

Jailing CEOs to Please the Masses

Social Purpose 21/Apr/19

CATO Institute Sen. Warren’s Confiscatory Corporate Governance Proposals Social Purpose 17/Aug/18

Elizabeth Warren Warren Introduces Accountable Capitalism Act Social Purpose 15/Aug/18

The New York Times Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans

Social Purpose 4/Jun/19

The Washington Post Joe Biden embraces Green New Deal as he releases climate plan Social Purpose 4/Jun/19

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3. “SOCIAL PURPOSE”: Research, Insights & Business Analysis

Organization Article Topic Date

The Boston Consulting Group

Measure Well-Being to Improve It Social Purpose 10/Jul/19

Getting Uncomfortable on Purpose Social Purpose 22/Jan/19

The Business Opportunity in Solving the World’s Big Problems Social Purpose 2018

The Future of the Corporation Social Purpose 2018

A Leadership Agenda for the Next Decade: Wining the ‘20s Social Purpose 14/Dec/18

For Corporate Purpose to Matter, You’ve Got to Measure It Social Purpose 16/Aug/18

Institutional Investors Discover the Power of Purpose Social Purpose 7/Aug/18

The Case for Corporate Statesmanship Social Purpose 1/Mar/18

The Humanization of the Corporation Social Purpose 8/Feb/18

Total Societal Impact: A New Lens for Strategy Social Purpose Oct/17

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How Business Leaders Can Rebuild Trust and Renew the Social Contract

Social Purpose 7/Oct/17

Designing a Social Business That Benefits the Core Social Purpose 7/Jun/17

Purpose with the Power to Transform Your Organization Social Purpose 15/May/17

The Business of Business is No Longer Just Business Social Purpose 2017

How Big Investors Can Have a Bigger Societal Impact Social Purpose 15/Dec/17

Die Another Day: What Leaders Can Do About the Shrinking Life Expectancy of Corporations

Social Purpose 2/Dec/15

INSEAD A Hippocratic Oath for Corporations Social Purpose 11/Nov/19

From Good Intentions to Maximising Your Impact Social Purpose 17/Oct/19

BRT: The Fuzzy Purpose of the Corporation Social Purpose 23/Aug/19

BRT: A New View of Corporations and Capitalism Social Purpose 23/Aug/19

What’s Stopping Boards from Taking Action on Sustainability? Social Purpose 29/Apr/19

Big Investors Call for Company Attention to Social Purpose: What Next?

Social Purpose 23/Feb/18

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Leadership in Corporate Sustainability – European Report 2018

CSR 2018

Identifying Social Norms Makes for Better Business Social Purpose 12/Jun/17

Boston College

Center for Corporate Citizenship

The Corporate Citizen Spring 2019 Issue 28 Social Purpose 2019

The Corporate Citizen Winter 2019 Issue 27 Social Purpose 2019

Research & News Social Purpose Various

Edelman 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Social Purpose 19/Jan20

How Brands Can Earn Trust Social Purpose 18/Jun/19

Trust and Brands: The Next Giant Step Social Purpose 18/Jun/19

The Symbiotic Rise of ESG and Materiality ESG 2/May/19

CEOS and Capitalism Social Purpose 26/Apr/19

2019 Edelman Trust Barometer Social Purpose 2019

The Middle – Episode 7: Why CEOs Should Talk Social Purpose 19/Oct/18

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CEO Activism Social Purpose 24/Jul/18

Expectations for CEOs Social Purpose 1/May/18

The Polarization of Trust – and Its Implications For Business Social Purpose 23/Jan/18

BSR Building the Business of a Better World CSR -

A Five-Step Approach to Engaging Investors on Sustainability ESG -

Are Companies and Stakeholders Focusing on the Same Sustainability Priorities?

CSR 1/Oct/18

State of Sustainable Business 2018 Social Purpose 18/Sep/18

Redefining Sustainable Business: Management for a Rapidly Changing World

Social Purpose Jan/18

BSR and the State of CSR: What We Mean When We Say ‘CSR’ CSR 5/Feb/13

FSG Companies that Lead With Authentic, Ambitious Purpose Can Capture Value From Six Sources

Social Purpose 24/Jul/19

CSR Strategy Roadmap CSR 2019

Being the Change: 12 Ways Foundations Are Transforming Themselves to Transform Their Impact

Social Purpose Apr/18

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Advancing Strategy: How to lead change in corporate societal engagement

Social Purpose Mar/17

Evaluating Complexity: Propositions for Improving Practice Social Purpose Nov/14

Deloitte The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2019 Social Purpose 2019

Purpose is everything Social Purpose 15/Oct/19

Introduction: Leading the social enterprise – Reinvent with a human focus

Social Purpose 11/Apr/19

Opportunities and challenges in a dynamic environment: Global perspectives for Canadian private companies

Social Purpose 2019

The rise of the social enterprise Social Purpose 2018

Innovating for social impact: Five strategies for growth Social Purpose Feb/16

Executive Summary: Innovating for social impact

Social Purpose 2016

Social purpose and value creation. The business returns of social impact

Social Purpose 2016

Driving corporate growth through social impact

Social Purpose 2015

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PwC Mind the gap: the continued divide between investors and corporates on ESG

ESG Feb/19

ADAPT: The five urgent global issues CSR 2018

Collaboration for Impact SP 2018

SDG Reporting Challenge 2018 ESG 2018

Accenture Seeking responsible leadership Social Purpose 20/Jan/20

Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Ontario Economic Report 2020 Context 2020

McKinsey & Company How purpose-led missions can help Europe innovate at scale Social Purpose Dec/19

Five ways that ESG creates value ESG Nov/19

Getting personal about change Social Purpose Aug/19

Inequality: A persisting challenge and its implications Social Purpose Jun/19

Navigating a world of disruption CSR Jan/19

Catalyzing the growth of the impact economy Social Purpose Nov/18

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Value and resilience through better risk management. Social Purpose Sep/18

Sustainability’s deepening imprint Social Purpose Dec/17

Making the most of corporate social responsibility CSR Dec/09

Kantar Igniting Purpose-Led Growth Social Purpose 2020

Ernst & Young How does Ernst & Young think about CSR? Social Purpose 7/Oct/13

KPMG How to report on SDGs: What good looks like and why it matters

Social Purpose Feb/18

Sustainable Development Goals Industry Matrix SDG 2015

Sustainable Insight: The essentials of materiality assessment Social Purpose 2014

Bank of Montreal Generation Why! Take notice of millennials – they’re devoted, educated, and focused to succeed.

Social Purpose Jul/17

GlobeScan The 2019 Sustainability Leaders Survey CSR 2019

From Good Governance to Purpose and Profit Social Purpose 2019

Just Capital Putting Stakeholder Capitalism Into Practice In 2020: 3 Key Actions To Create Value For Your Workers

Social Purpose Feb/20

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IMD Finding purpose through social innovation Social Purpose Jul/19

Imagine Canada Profit, Purpose and Talent: Trends and Motivations in Corporate Giving & Volunteering

Social Purpose Nov/19

The Conference Board of Canada

Sustainability Practices: 2018 Edition – Trends in Corporate Sustainability Reporting in North America

CSR 24/Dec/18

Total Impact Valuation: Overview of Current Practices (Expanded Report)

Social Purpose 16/Jul/18

Advocacy for Good: Public Policy Advocacy for a Sustainable Future

Social Purpose Jun/18

Next-Generation Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Jobs

Social Purpose Mar/17

Integrating Corporate Responsibility into your Corporate Culture

Social Purpose Nov/16

Association of Corporate Citizenship Professions

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Brief History CSR -

Task Force on Climate – Related Financial Disclosures

Second TCFD Status Report Publication CSR 5/Jun/19

Journal of Cleaner Production

Managing in turbulent times: The impact of sustainability in management education on current and future business leaders

CSR 10/Feb/19

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Mallen Baker Podcast for Change Makers Social Purpose Various

The ambition to sell sustainability Social Purpose 25/Sep/18

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

(IIGCC)

Various publications CSR Various

Ryerson University

Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility

Events, news, research CSR Various

Rotman School of Management

University of Toronto

An Introduction to Sustainability for Board Directors ESG 10/Jun/18

London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics

CSR-Based Positioning Strategies, National Competitiveness, and the Role of Innovation

CSR 28/Nov/11

Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

Two Ways Sustainability Drives Access to Capital CSR 12/Sep/16

Measuring and Valuing Social Capital

CSR 24/Mar/15

RAND Corporation: Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance

Transforming Compliance

Emerging Paradigms for Boards, Management, Compliance Officers, and Government

CSR 2014

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NYU Stern

Center for Sustainable Business

The Sustainability case for the 21st Century Corporation CSR Oct/16

Ivey Business School Corporate Sustainability: What is it and where does it come from?

CSR Mar-Apr/03

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility

A literature review of the history and evolution of corporate social responsibility

CSR 2019

Futurpreneur Canada What is Social Purpose Business? Social Purpose 2019

Bloomberg The Sustainability Imperative: Business and Investor Outlook CSR 2018

ERM Materiality Assessments: Update on Industry Practices and Conforming with the GRI Standards

Social Purpose 2017

United Way Lower Mainland

The purpose of change Social Purpose 7/Nov/17

Lawson Lundell LLP The New Corporate Governance: Corporate Purpose and Corporate Leadership

Social Purpose 15/Feb/19

Cone Communications 2017 Cone Gen Z CSR Study: How to Speak Z Social Purpose 2017

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4. GLOBAL PANDEMIC: Leadership in a Crisis

Organization Article Topic Date

e27 Coronavirus is driving the world into an economic slump. How to cope up?

Coronavirus 13/Feb/20

Forbes 5 Organizations That Are Responding in Inspiring And Holistic Ways To The Coronavirus Crisis

Coronavirus 2/Apr/20

5 Ways Costco Continues To Focus On Customer Experience During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus 26/Mar/20

50 Ways Companies Are Giving Back During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus 17/Mar/20

The First Big Test For Stakeholder Capitalism Coronavirus 11/Mar/20

The Economist By invitation: Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values

Coronavirus 16/Apr/20

How corporate leaders should act in a crisis Coronavirus 21/Mar/20

Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in America. The country does not look ready

Coronavirus 12/Mar/20

Covid-19 is foisting changes on business that could be beneficial Coronavirus 5/Mar/20

The right medicine for the world economy Coronavirus 5/Mar/20

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Business 2 Community

How PR Can Respond to the Coronavirus Contagion Coronavirus 18/Feb/20

Chief Sustainability Officer

Coronavirus: a crucial CSR issue Coronavirus 6/Mar/20

National Post Shockproofing Canada: Inside Canada Goose’s pivot from parkas to medical gowns

Coronavirus 21/Apr/20

The Globe and Mail To stay hidden or to brave fear? What ancient Athens can teach us about the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus 17/Apr/20

The New York Times Big Business Pledged Gentler Capitalism. It’s Not Happening in a Pandemic.

Coronavirus 13/Apr/20

How Business Should Change After the Coronavirus Crisis Coronavirus 10/Apr/20

It’s Time for the Business Community to Step Up Coronavirus 18/Mar/20

The Star Some Canadian companies have been great corporate citizens in the face of crisis – what made them step up?

Coronavirus 12/Apr/20

S&P Global Intelligence

The Positive Impact Scorecard Coronavirus 15/Apr/20

Ethical Corporation We need a radically different form of leadership to come out the other side of Covid-19

Coronavirus 15/Apr/20

We need to harness and channel the desire of companies to help communities during Covid-19

Coronavirus 15/Apr/20

Reuters European politicians, CEOs, lawmakers urge green coronavirus recovery

Coronavirus 14/Apr/20

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Fleishman Hillard High Road

Can we return to a global “normal”? A look at consumer attitudes beyond Canada

Coronavirus 17/Apr/20

BlackRock BlackRock’s COVID-19 Response: Our Commitment to People and Communities

Coronavirus 23/Mar/20

Triple Pundit The Covid-19 Crisis is an ESG Issue: Here’s What That Means For U.S. Businesses

Coronavirus 25/Mar/20

The Wall Street Journal

With Business Turned Upside Down, CEOs Face Monumental Leadership Challenge

Coronavirus 22/Mar/20

The Guardian Yes, small businesses are suffering – but some are helping to fight coronavirus

Coronavirus 19/Mar/20

Just Capital Capitalism Meets Coronavirus: Our Daily Policy Blog Coronavirus 22/Apr/20

Global News Looking for work? Loblaws needs your help during the COVID-19 crisis

Coronavirus 23/Mar/20

CTV News Sobey’s employees will receive ‘hero pay’ during COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus 23/Mar/20

Cision Maple Leaf Foods expands efforts to support front line workers, communities and health care providers during Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus 23/Mar/20

CNBC Op-Ed: Corporate leadership means putting lives first Coronavirus 8/Apr/20

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5. GLOBAL REGULATORY INITIATIVES

Organization Article Topic Date

EUROPE

European Commission

Sustainable finance: Commission’s Action Plan for a greener and cleaner economy

ESG 8/Mar/18

EU funded research on CSR CSR Various

Corporate Social Responsibility: Recommendations to the European Commission by the subgroup “Corporate Social Responsibility” of the Multi-Stakeholder Platform on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU

CSR -

Circular Economy ESG -

Non-financial reporting CSR -

Sustainable Finance Directory ESG

Various

CSR Europe Innovating with Purpose: Perspectives from the SDG 9 Leadership Forum

SDG 16/Apr/19

From Urgency to Action: Business and the SDGs, CSR Europe White Pater

SDG 2019

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CSR Award Scheme CSR -

Collaboration for Impact: Maturity and integration of sustainability in European sector associations

ESG 29/May/18

Europe 2030: Large stakeholder group agrees on how to implement SDGs!

ESG 17/Oct/18

UK Government Social enterprise and social innovation:

Strategies for the next ten years

SP Nov/07

Global Reporting Initiative

(GRI)

Member State Implementation of Directive 2014/95/EU

Social Purpose 2017

G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures

CSR 2013

Steenstrup Stordrange EU reform of Corporate Social Responsibility reporting CSR 1/Jan/17

CANADA

Government of Canada Canada’s Enhanced Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy to Strengthen Canada’s Extractive Sector Abroad

CSR 17/Jan/18

Federal Sustainable Development Strategy CSR 2017

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An Implementation Guide for Canadian Business

CSR 10/Aug/15

UNITED NATIONS

United Nations Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System

CSR various

Making Waves: Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development

CSR Apr/18

Shifting Gears: How the world’s leading financial centres are entering a new phase of strategic action on green and sustainable finance

CSR Mar/19

Sustainable Finance Progress Report CSR Mar/19

Digital Finance and Citizen Action CSR Feb/19

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 ESG 2018

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into Corporate Reporting: A Practical Guide

ESG 2018

Making Global Goals Local Business ESG 2017

UNDP Sustainable Development Goals ESG Jan/16

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Guide to Corporate Responsibility ESG 2015

United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

CSR 16/Jun/11

United Nations Global Compact Report Library (SDGs)

ESG Various

Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development – Our Common Future

4/Aug/1987

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

G7 – 2018 Summit G7 Symposium on Investing in Growth That Works for Everyone

Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Reaffirm Importance of Open, and Rules Based Trade; Conclude G7 Meeting on Investing in Growth That Works for Everyone

Abstract: Achieving Growth that Works for Everyone

Abstract: Investing in Growth that Works for Everyone

G7: Innovation and Inclusive Growth

CSR 2018

G20 – 2017 Summit Hamburg Update: Taking Forward the G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

CSR 2017

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Overview

International Monetary Fund

(IMF)

IMF and the Sustainable Development Goals ESG 8/Mar/18

Restoring Ethics to Economics

SP Mar/18

From Ambition to Execution: Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals

ESG 22/Sep/15

International Labour Organization

International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises on Social Policy

CSR 17/Mar/17

ISO ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility ESG -

ISO and the International Integrated Reporting Framework briefing summary

ESG 2015

Social Responsibility Schematic CSR 2010

World Economic Forum Policy Pathways for the New Economy CSR 3/Nov/19

Sustainability is now mission critical for businesses.

Social Purpose 24/Sep/18

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Sustainable Development Impact Summit Social Purpose 24/Sep/18

Forget corporate social responsibility: doing good should be a core part of your business model

Social Purpose 02/Aug/16

Purpose or profit: which would give you more job satisfaction?

Social Purpose 28/Jul/16

Sustainability Policy Social Purpose 13/Jul/15

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 2018

CSR 2019

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises CSR 2015

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Progressing National SDGs Implementation CSR Mar/18

Library (various) CSR Various

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6. ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change & Business Risk

Organization Article Topic Date

CNN Ex-Unilever CEO: Climate action will ‘unlock economic growth’ ESG 3/Mar/20

Triple Pundit Post Davos: The Elite’s New Climate Narrative Has Dangerous Flaws

Context 7/Feb/20

The Economist The rights and wrongs of central-bank greenery Context 12/Dec/19

The Intercept Bill McKibben On How Climate Crises and New Technologies Will Change What It Means To Be Human

Context 19/Oct/19

The Washington Post Reframing climate change as a story of human evolutionary success

Social Purpose 15/Oct/19

The Guardian ‘Greenwashing’: fossil fuel execs to hold invite-only forum at UN climate summit

Context 18/Sep/19

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The Globe and Mail Is the high-priced game of zero vehicle emissions worth it? Context 14/Oct/19

Canada’s oil sands producers race to cut carbon footprint Context 23/Aug/19

Scientific American Carbon Pricing Is Not a Fix for Climate Change Context 16/Aug/19

Canada’s National Observer

Six places where carbon pricing is working Context 22/Jul/19

Barron’s An Exclusive look at the Companies Most Exposed to Climate Change Risk – and What They’re Doing About It

ESG 25/Jan/19

Climate-Change Worries Are Starting to Mount for Companies, Report says

CSR 12/Dec/18

What the Climate Change Report Means for Investors, According to BlackRock’s Brian Deese

CSR 29/Nov/18

BlackRock The Price of Climate Change: Global Warming’s Impact on Portfolios

CSR Oct/15

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EY Climate change: The investment perspective CSR 2016

State Street Global Advisors

Climate Risk: From Measuring to Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CSR 31/Jan/18

Morgan Stanley Measuring Impact, by the Numbers CSR 2/Oct/18

Sustainable Signals: Asset Owners Embrace Sustainability CSR 18/Jun/18

Harvard Business Review

Young People Are Leading the Way on Climate Change, and Companies Need to Pay Attention

CSR 26/Mar/19

Boston Consulting Group

The Economic Case for Combating Climate Change CSR 27/Sep/18

Canadian Scholars Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars CSR Mar/15

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7. ESG: Ratings & Measurement

Organization Article Topic Date

Triple Pundit What Are Europe’s Top Companies in ESG Communications? ESG 13/Jan/20

Why the ESG ‘Relevancy Gap’ is Bad Business ESG 13/Jan/20

The Globe and Mail Even a simple ESG lens can add a new dimension to stock picking

ESG 7/Jan/20

The truth about whether you can really make market-beating returns by investing ethically

ESG 15/Nov/19

Harvard Business Review

The Tyranny of Numbers ESG Sep-Oct/19

Don’t Let Metrics Undermine Your Business ESG Sep-Oct/19

How Board Members Really Feel About ESG, from Deniers to True Believers

ESG 19/Apr/19

McKinsey & Company More than values: The value-based sustainability reporting that investors want

ESG Jul/19

Medium The Curious Case of ESG Ratings ESG 4/Dec/18

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate

Ratings that Don’t Rate: The Subjective World of ESG Ratings Agencies

ESG 7/Aug/18

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Governance and Financial Regulation

ESG Reports and Ratings: What They Are, Why They Matter ESG 27/Jul/17

ICR Navigating ESG Ratings Agencies ESG 31/Oct/18

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Investors, Ratings Agencies to Consider ESG Factors in Creditworthiness

ESG 1/Jun/16

Principles for Responsible Investment

What rating agencies are doing on ESG factors ESG 3/Jul/17

MDPI Rating the Raters: Evaluating how ESG Rating Agencies Integrate Sustainability Principles

ESG 5/Feb/19

Novethic Top Rating Agencies Turn to ESG Criteria for Credit Quality ESG 22/Feb/19

Financial Times Credit rating agencies turn attention to ESG risk ESG 22/Feb/19

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

SASB Materiality Map ESG 2018

Responsible-investor.com

EU Action Plan Articles ESG Various

Fortune How to Measure Stakeholder Returns ESG 12/Nov/19

Diligent Insights Why Directors Say ESG Is Overblown ESG 5/Nov/19

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8. Benefit Corporations

Organization Article Topic Date

Miller Thomson B.C. Benefit Corporation Update CSR 16/May/19

B.C. Considers Benefit Corporation CSR 21/Jun/18

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Bill No. 24 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 – receives Royal Assent May 16, 2019

CSR / Social Purpose

16/May/19

The Globe and Mail The benefits of benefit corporations CSR 15/May/19

B Lab Benefit Corporation 101 CSR -

Conscious Company What’s the difference between a B Corp and a Benefit Corporation

CSR 4/Apr/15

Benefit Corporation Benefit Corporations & Certified B Corps CSR 2019

Andrew Weaver, MLA Introducing a bill to enable BC companies to be incorporated as benefit corporations

CSR 14/May/18

Triple Pundit Third Party Standards for Benefit Corporations CSR 6/Mar/12

Lawson Lundell LLP To B or Not to B: Benefit Companies Arrive in Canada CSR 19/Jun/19

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9. Board Risk Management

Organization Article Topic Date

Harvard Law School

Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2020 Governance 10/Dec/19

The Board and ESG Governance 25/Feb/19

Deloitte The Effective Not-for-Profit Board: A value-driving force Governance 2013

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

20 questions not-for-profit board directors should ask about overseeing management of risk

Governance 2009

Grant Thornton 5 steps to effectively manage third-party risk Governance 19/Jul/18

PwC Not-for-Profits: Developing effective corporate partnerships Governance 2018

Maclean’s Magazine Book Review: With Charity for All: Why Charities are Failing and a Better Way to Give

Governance 7/Mar/13

Nous Group Managing change in the not-for-profit sector: don’t accept second best

Governance Dec/16

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance

A Framework for Risk Management Governance 1994

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Journal of Public Money and Management

New development: Integrating risk management in management control lessons for public sector managers

Governance 1/Mar/19

The Journal of Risk & Insurance

Enterprise Risk Management and the Cost of Capital Governance 26/Sep/16

Harvard Business Review

A Better Way of Managing Major Risks: Strategic Risk Management

Governance 16/Mar/16

McKinsey & Company Building board-management dynamics to withstand a crisis: Addressing the fault lines

Governance Sep/2019

Transforming risk efficiency and effectiveness Governance Apr/19

The neglected art of risk detection Governance Nov/17

The Board Perspective Governance Mar/18